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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mauri Pekkarinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Willy Wonka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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25
150 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
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170 cm
25
157 lbs
9 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick |
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mauri Pekkarinen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Willy Wonka!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksandr Martynov and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wonka misses with a straight right.
Pekkarinen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wonka.
Pekkarinen misses with a wild body shot.
Wonka avoids the body shot from Pekkarinen.
Pekkarinen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wonka.
Wonka swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pekkarinen throws a hook but Wonka avoids it easily.
Wonka throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Pekkarinen shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
The referee warns Wonka that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Pekkarinen has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Pekkarinen takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pekkarinen thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Pekkarinen controlling from the full mount.
Wonka really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Pekkarinen. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
A nice elbow there by Pekkarinen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pekkarinen lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Wonka hang on?
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Wonka can do anything to dispel that myth.
Pekkarinen raining down hammerfists from mount.
Pekkarinen raining down shots from the mount!
Pekkarinen sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pekkarinen tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mauri Pekkarinen dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Wonka throws a hook to the side of Pekkarinen's head but Pekkarinen sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pekkarinen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Pekkarinen gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Pekkarinen taking a breather.
Pekkarinen tries to throw a body punch but Wonka avoids it by throwing Pekkarinen back against the cage.
Pekkarinen has Wonka pushed against the cage.
Pekkarinen can't get the takedown.
Pekkarinen manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mauri Pekkarinen.
Pekkarinen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wonka misses with an uppercut.
Pekkarinen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Wonka is able to avoid easily.
Wonka pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Pekkarinen misses with a leg kick.
Pekkarinen closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Wonka did well to prevent Pekkarinen getting side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wonka pushes Pekkarinen off looking to stand but Pekkarinen dives back in and keeps control.
Pekkarinen is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Pekkarinen not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Wonka looks like he's trying to stand up.
Pekkarinen is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
We're going to have a standup here because Mauri Pekkarinen wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
A jab from Wonka misses.
Wonka throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pekkarinen.
Wonka misses with a hook.
Pekkarinen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wonka.
Wonka misses with a hook.
Pekkarinen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pekkarinen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Wonka lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pekkarinen circles away quickly and effectively.
Pekkarinen missing with a left hand there. Wonka was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Pekkarinen has Wonka up against the cage in a clinch.
Pekkarinen displaying some good clinch control by pressing Wonka up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Pekkarinen scores with a shot to the side of Wonka's head.
Pekkarinen is stalling here.
Wonka manages to break the clinch.
Pekkarinen throws a hook but Wonka avoids it easily.
Pekkarinen gets the takedown into side control.
Wonka wants to get back to his feet.
A lull in the action here as Pekkarinen stalls from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mauri Pekkarinen dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
A jab from Pekkarinen does it's job there.
Pekkarinen throws a big shot that misses.
Pekkarinen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Jab from Wonka.
Wonka looks to score with a jab to the body but Pekkarinen is just out of range.
Nice body punch from Pekkarinen.
Pekkarinen closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Pekkarinen slows the pace down in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wonka on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Pekkarinen in particular looking to stall.
Wonka is trying to stand up here but Pekkarinen is controlling him well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Pekkarinen missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Pekkarinen is taking a breather. Wonka says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Pekkarinen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pekkarinen stops Wonka from getting back to his feet.
Pekkarinen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Wonka blocking the ground and pound attempt from Pekkarinen.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Pekkarinen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Still in half guard, Pekkarinen seems content to control.
Pekkarinen moves nicely into side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pekkarinen cracks Wonka with a big elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mauri Pekkarinen showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pekkarinen has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mauri Pekkarinen!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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